Sunday, May 15, 2005

Wham, Bam, Thank You Maam

Went out Saturday night with Shree [a fine lady I met about two months ago] and a bunch of her friends. Nice times were had by all. Dancing, drinking, puffing away on my Don Diego and hookas. She made dancing with glasses on, look cool. Hats off to you, missy !

If you have longer than shoulder length hair and are in a crowded club, realise that your hair will get wet and sticky because of the smoke and the warmth. And if you plan on flailing it about, please, have a care for the poor soul dancing next to you. Wet, clumped hair stings.

I had the most entertaining conversation imaginable with an auto-wallah today. An excerpt follows -

Driver: Saar... aap padthe ho ya kaam karthey ? (Do you study or work?)Me: Kaam karthey. (I work)Driver: Where you from, saar ?Me: Madras.Driver: Appo, tamil theriyumma ? (Then, you know Tamil ?)Me: Yes.Driver: I know 6 language. English, Hindi, Kannda, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi.Name, saar ?Me: VigneshDriver: My name is Baasha, saar. Manik Basha. Namma big Rajni fan, saar !Me: Oh ! Good ![And so the interrogation continues. What do my parents do ? Where do I work ? Do I smoke ? Do I drink ? Do I eat meat ? and so on. Soon, we get to more interesting matters]Basha: You have lover, saar ?Me: Ummm... no.Basha: I have two, saar. One arranged marriage. One I arranged.Me: Ummm... good ?!?Basha: One boy. Other one girl. Saar marriage over ?Me: No.Basha: Enjoy saar now. I am sex baasha saar. Now, marriage. If I feel bejaar I go to college, saar. Mount Carmel, RV, sit outside and watch, saar.Me: Excellent ! [By now, looking for the camera hidden in the auto, recording my reactions. More details about this two timing life followed. Details that I could have done without. And finally we reach our destination]Basha: Thank you, saar.[shaking hands] Basha, saar, Manik Basha.

Alright ladies, enough with the hair talk. And I shall have you know that the 'idiot soul' dancing next to her, was me. I have to scars on face to prove it.

K: Yes, very interesting ! Given the fact that all this was amidst two other phone calls.

Jay: Welcome ! Yes. That was what he was saying. Basha, is a character in a Rajnikanth (a really, really popular actor in South India) movie. Its basically a twist on the work Paasha, meaning king or lord or someone who is da boss. Yeah, he was delusional.

Grrl: Look who is talking about auto-men. I know all about you and your auto-men !!